Rhos Strings - String Quartet
This string quartet comprises the talents of four professional musicians, all of whom have a wealth of performing experience.
As individuals, members of the group have performed with many professional orchestras including the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, The Welsh Chamber Orchestra, The Welsh Sinfonia, The West of England Philharmonic, Jeff Hooper Big Band and many more.
Members of the group have also performed with the likes of: Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins, Shan Cothi, Aled Jones, Sir Harry Secombe, Wynne Evans, Kiri Te Kanawa, Quincy Jones, Julian Lloyd Webber, Hayley Westenra, Jason Howard, Della Jones, Donald Maxwell and Gail Pearson, we have also performed for Royalty.
Based in South Wales, this string quartet has had much experience performing and entertaining all over Wales and the South West of England. They are able to perform at wedding ceremonies, receptions, civil partnership ceremonies, society dinners, balls and corporate events.
The quartet team have performed at many prestigious venues including Cardiff Castle, Miskin Manor, Llansantffraed Court Hotel, Caerphilly Castle, Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel,The Celtic Manor and many more.
They also performed with Charlotte Church and singer songwriter Jonathan Powell at an intimate performance at the Norwegian Church.
Rhos Strings - String Quartet Repertoire
Entrance Of The Bride
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
- Cannon in D - Pachelbel
- Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
- La Rejouissance - Handel
- Trumpet Tune - Charpentier
- Trumpet Tune - Purcell
- Trumpet Voluntary - John Stanley
- Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
- Wedding March - Wagner
Signing Of The Register
- Air on the G String - Bach
- Ave Maria - Gounod
- Greensleves - Trad
- Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
- Largo - Handel
- Moon River - Mancini
- Myfanwy - Parry
- Panis Angelicus - Cesar frank
- Pavane - Faure
- Salut d'amour - Elgar
- Winter from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Exit Of Bride & Groom
- Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - Handel
- La Rejouissance - Handel
- Spring from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Trumpet Tune - Purcell
- Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
- Trumpet Voluntary - John Stanley
- Trumpet Voluntary - William Boyce
- Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Classical favourites
- Adagio & Allegro (from Concerto Crosso Op.8) Corelli
- Adiemus Variations - Karl Jenkins
- Air (from the Water Music) - Handel
- Andante Cantabile
- Autumn from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Ave Maria - Gounod
- Ave Maria - Schubert
- Ave Verum - Mozart
- Barber of Seville Overture - Rossini
- Barcarolle - Offenbach
- Basse Dance - Warlock
- Brandenburg Concerto No.3 - Bach
- Chanson De Matin - Elgar
- Chanson De Nuit - Elgar
- Clair de Lune - Debussy
- Concerto for 2 Violins - Bach
- Czardas - Monti
- Danse Mirlitons (from the Nutcracker Suite) - Tchaikovsky
- Divertimenti - Mozart
- Eine Kleine nacht Musique - Mozart
- Four British Sea Songs - Henry Wood
- Flower Duet (from the Opera Lakme) - Delibes
- Funeral March of a marionette - Gounod
- Hallelujah Chorus - Handel
- Hornpipe (from the Water Music) - Handel
- Humoresque - Dvorak
- Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana) - Mascagni
- Largo from 'Xerxes' - Handel
- Liberty bell - Sousa
- Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet - Tchaikovsky
- Meditation - Massenet
- Minuetto - Boccherini
- Morning - Grieg
- Nessun Dorma - Puccini
- Nimrod - Elgar
- O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
- O Sole Mio - Capua
- Overture to Pulcinella - Pergolesi/Stravinsky
- Palladio - Jenkins
- Panis Angelicus - Cesar Frank
- Pavane - Faure
- Pie Jesu - Faure
- Plasir d'Amour - Martini
- Polovtsian Dance - Borodin
- Priere a Notre-Dame - Boellmann
- Quartets 1-15 - Mozart
- Salut D'Amour - Elgar
- Sheep may safetly Graze - Bach
- Spring from The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa
- The Swan - Saint-Saens
- Two Rondeaux - Purcell
- Vocalise - Rachmaninoff
- Waltz - Brahms
- Waltz from Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky
- Wedding Day At Troldhaugen - Grieg
- Winter from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Light favourites
- A Moment Like This - Leona Lewis
- Alejandro - Lady Gaga
- All You Need is Love - Beatles
- Angels - Robbie Williams
- Annie's Song - J. Denver
- Anything Goes - Cole Porter
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
- Ash Grove - Traditional
- Ashoken Farewell - J. Ungar
- At Last (as sung by Etta James) - Harry Warren & Mack Gordan
- Baby Elephant Walk - Mancini
- Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
- Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
- Ben - Black & Scharf
- Beyond the Sea - Charles Trent
- Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
- Blame it on The Boogie - Jackson 5
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Bond Theme - John Barry
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
- Can't Help Falling In Love - Weis, Peretti & Creatore
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- Cavatina - Stanley Myers
- Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
- City of Blinding Lights - U2
- Close To Me - The Cure
- Cock Linnet - Collins & Leigh
- Come Fly With Me - Jimmy Van Heusen
- Congratulations - Traditional
- Crazy For You - Madonna
- Crazy Little thing Called Love - Queen
- Cry Me a River (as sung by Michael Buble) - Arthur Hamilton
- Crocodile Rock - Elton John
- Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
- Dance with Me Tonight - Olly Murs
- Dancing Queen - Abba
- Danny Boy - Irish Traditional
- David of the White Rock - Traditional
- Devil Among the Tailors - Irish Traditional
- Don't Stop Believin' - Steve Perry
- El Choclo - Villoldo
- Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
- Everlasting Love - U2
- Everlong - Foo fighters
- (Everything I Do) I Do it for You - Bryan Adams
- Fawlty Towers, Feeling Good - Bricusse & Newley
- Fields of Gold - Sting
- Fight For This Love - Cheryl Cole
- Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard
- Flying Without Wings - Westlife
- For the Love of a Princess (From the film Braveheart) - James Horner
- Foggy Dew - Irish Traditional
- From A Distance - Bette Midler
- From This Moment On - Shania Twain
- Gabriel's Oboe (from the film The Mission) - Ennio Morricone
- Game Of Thrones Theme Tune - Ramin Djawadi
- Get Back - Lennon & McCartney
- Get Me to the Church on Time - Frederick Lowe
- Greatest Day - Take That
- Good Day Sunshine - Lennon & McCartney
- Habanera - Halffter
- Hallelujah (from the film Shrek) - Leonard Cohen
- Have I told You Lately - Van Morrison
- Heaven - Adams, Vallance & DJ Sammy
- Help - Beatles
- Hernando's Hideaway - Jerry Ross
- Here, There & Everywhere - Lennon & McCartney
- Highlights from Harry Potter - John Williams
- Hoppipolla (theme from Planet Earth) - Sigur Ros
- How Deep is Your Love? - Bee Gees/ Carpenters
- Yesterday - Bee Gees/ Carpenters
- Once more - Bee Gees/ Carpenters
- I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside - Glover
- I don't Want to Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
- I Get a kick out of You - Cole Porter
- I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
- I Have a Dream - Abba
- I Just Called to say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
- I Know Him so Well - Anderson, Rice & Ulvaeus
- I'm In the mood for Love - D. Fields
- I'm Kissing You - Des'ree & Tim Atack
- I Want TO Hold Your Hand - Lennon/ McCartney
- I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
- In Dreams (from Lord of the Rings) - John Williams
- Indiana Jones - John Williams
- Irish Sherry - Thorp
- Irish Washer Woman - Irish Traditional
- Irish Medley - Arr. A.M Blackman
- Is this the way to Amarillo - Sedaka & Greenfield
- Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
- I've Got a Golden Ticket (From the film Charlie and the chocolate factory) - Bricusse & Newley
- I Want To Hold Your Hand - Lennon/ McCartney
- Jai Ho (from the film Slumdog Millionaire) - A R Rahman
- James Bond Theme
- Just Like Heaven - The Cure
- Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
- La Bamba - Traditional Mexican
- La Cumparsita
- Lambada - Traditional Latin American
- Lay all your Love on Me - Abba
- Let's Do It - Cole Porter
- Let's Face the Music - Nat King Cole
- Life in Technicolor - Coldplay
- Light My Fire - The Doors
- Livin' Lavida Loca - Child & Rosa
- Love is Here to Stay - Gerswin
- Love Me Tender - G. Poultan
- Love Song For A Vampire - Annie Lennox
- Love walked In - Gershwin
- Love of My Life - Freddie Mercury
- Love & Marriage - James Van Heusen
- Love Story - Taylor Swift
- Lullaby - Josh Groban
- Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan/ Adele
- Makin' Whoopee - Donaldson
- Mac the Knife - Kurt Weill
- Magic Moments - Burt Bacharach
- Mambo No.5 - Perez & Bega
- Mamma Mia - Abba
- Marry You - Bruno Mars
- May it Be (from Lord of the Rings) - John Williams
- Me and My Shadow - Jolson
- Memory - Lloyd Webber
- Men of Harlech - Welsh Traditional
- Mercy - Duffy
- Mission Impossible Theme - Lalo Schfrin
- Money Money Money - Abba
- Moondance - Van Morrison
- Moon River - Mancini
- Mr Sandman - Pat Ballad
- Music from Pride & Prejudice - Carl Davies
- Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams
- My Funny Valentine - Rodgers
- My Heart will go On (theme from the film Titanic) James Horner
- My Hero - Foo Fighters
- My Love is like a Red, Red Rose - Traditional
- Myfanwy - Traditional
- New York New York - John Kander
- Nobody Does it Better
- Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
- No Surprises - Radiohead
- One Day Like This - Elbow
- Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen
- Paradise - Coldplay
- Patience - Take That
- Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson
- Perhaps - Doris Day
- P.M's Love Theme (from the film Love Actually) Craig Armstrong
- Por Una Cabeza - Gardel
- Portuguese Love Theme (From the film Love Actually) - Craig Armstrong
- Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- Pure Imagination (From the film Charlie and the Chocolate factory) - Bricusse & Newley
- Ragtime Dance - Joplin
- Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
- Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
- Roseleaf Rag - Joplin
- Rule The World - Take That
- Run - Snow Patrol/ Leona Lewis
- Saint Anne's Reel - Irish Traditional
- She (from the film Notting Hill) - Kretzmer & Aznavour
- She Loves You - Beatles
- Shine - Take That
- Show Me Heaven - Maria Mackee
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Jerome Kern
- Some Enchanted Evening - Rogers
- Somebody Loves Me - Gershwin
- Somewhere Out There - James Horner
- Songbird - Christine McVie
- Stand by Me - Ben E King
- Star of County Down - Irish Traditional
- Star Wars Theme - John Williams
- Summertime - Gershwin
- Suite from Titanic - Horner
- Sun and Moon (from Miss Saigon) - Schonberg
- Suo Gan - Welsh Traditional
- Superman Theme - John Williams
- Sway/ Cherry Pink - Pablo Beltrain
- S'Wonderfull - Gershwin
- Tango Del Maurice - Silvio Hein
- That's Amore - Harry Warren
- The Folks Who Live On The Hill - Kern
- The Greatest Love of All - Michael Masser
- The Gremlin Rag (from the film Gremlins) - Jerry Gldsmith
- The Imperial March (Darth Vaders Theme) - John Williams
- The Lamabada
- The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
- The Music of The Night - Lloyd webber
- The Prayer - Josh Groben
- The Rose ( Sung by Bette Midler) - Amanda McBroom
- The Wind Beneath my Wings - Silbar & Henley
- Theme from Fame - Irene Cara
- Theme from 'Love Story' - Francis Lai
- Theme from Shindler's List - John Williams
- They Can't take that Away from Me - Gershwin
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - James Van Heuse
- Tomo Y Obligio - Gardel
- Unchained Melody (from the film Ghost) - Alex Nort
- Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
- Up Where we Belong - Buffy Saint-Marie
- Volare
- Wake Me Up Before you Go-Go - Wham
- We have all the time in the World - Louis Armstrong
- Welsh Medley - Arr. T. Evans
- What a Wonderful World - George Weiss & Bob Thiele
- Whatever - Oasis
- When I Fall In Love - Victor Young
- With or Without You - U2
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- Yesterday - McCartney
- You Raise Me Up - Graham & Loveland
- You're Beautiful - James Blunt
- Your Song - Elton John
Seasonal Favourites
- Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire - Tormw & Wells
- Crib Song - English Trad.
- Frosty The Snowman - Walter Rollins & Steve Nelson
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Martin & Blane
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - Roy Wood
- Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
- Let It Snow - Julie Styne
- Riu Riu Riu - Spanish Trad.
- Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - John Marks
- Santa Baby - Javits, Springer & Springer
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town - J Fred Coots
- Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung - John Wilbye
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Anon
- Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard
- Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney
Hymns
- Jerusalem - Parry
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Parry
- O Praise Ye The Lord - Parry
- Love Divine, all Loves Excelling - Rowlands
- Lord of all Hopefulness - Trad. Irish
- Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven - Sir John Goss
- Guide me O thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda ) - J Hughes
- Immortal, Invisable, God only Wise - Trad. Welsh